Raymond Cheung
Advisor & Lead Trainer
Over twenty years in actuarial science and risk management, working across ESG, sustainability and ESG investment.
- Bachelor of Business, Actuarial Science major, Nanyang Technological University
// Carbon & Climate
Life Cycle Assessment
Scope, interpret and commission a life cycle assessment that answers the question actually being asked.
Course details
- Duration
- Half day
- Format
- In person, Virtual live, In-house
- Location
- Singapore
- Next date
- Confirmed on enquiry
- Price
- On enquiry
- In-house delivery
- Available
// Overview
About this programme
Life cycle assessment answers product-level questions that corporate carbon accounting cannot. It is also easy to get wrong in ways that are not obvious until the result is challenged.
This programme covers the four phases defined in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, with particular attention to the two decisions that determine everything else: the functional unit and the system boundary.
It is aimed at people who need to scope, commission or interpret an assessment rather than model one from scratch.
// Audience
Who should attend
- Product, design and engineering teams evaluating material or process changes
- Sustainability professionals commissioning or reviewing LCA work
- Marketing and regulatory teams substantiating product environmental claims
- Procurement teams interpreting supplier LCA data
// Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Describe the four phases of LCA under ISO 14040 and ISO 14044
- Define a functional unit and explain why it determines comparability
- Distinguish cradle-to-gate from cradle-to-grave boundaries and select appropriately
- Explain life cycle inventory data collection and the role of primary and secondary data
- Interpret impact assessment results and identify hotspots
- Recognise when a critical review is required
// Curriculum
Course contents
Goal and scope definition
- Establishing the question the assessment must answer
- The functional unit and reference flow
- System boundaries and cut-off criteria
- Allocation and its effect on results
Life cycle inventory
- Data collection across the boundary
- Primary versus secondary data and database selection
- Data quality requirements
Impact assessment
- Impact categories beyond global warming potential
- Characterisation, normalisation and weighting
- Reading and comparing results
Interpretation and use
- Hotspot analysis and improvement options
- Sensitivity and uncertainty
- Comparative assertions and critical review requirements
- Communicating results without overstating them
// Delivery
How it runs
- Duration
- Half day
- Formats
- In person, Virtual live, In-house
- Location
- Singapore
- Materials
- Course materials are provided to every participant.
- Scheduled dates
- Public dates are set according to demand. In-house dates are arranged to suit your organisation.
// Certification
What participants receive
For confirmation of what this programme awards, please ask when you enquire.
// Instructor
Who teaches this
// In-house delivery
Run this programme for your team
This programme can be delivered privately for a single organisation. In-house delivery allows the exercises to use your own data, register or supply base, which is generally what makes training translate into changed practice.
Request corporate trainingIn-house delivery includes
- Delivery at your premises or virtually
- Content adjusted to your sector and maturity
- Exercises using your own data where appropriate
- Scheduling around your team availability
- A single invoice rather than per-seat pricing
// Questions
Frequently asked
Will I be able to build an LCA model after this course?
A half-day programme develops the understanding needed to scope, commission and interpret an assessment. Building models independently requires software training and practice beyond this session.
Is specific LCA software covered?
The programme is methodology-focused rather than tool-specific, so that the principles apply whichever software is later used.
// Enquire
Enquire about this course
Tell us whether this is for you individually or for a group, and your preferred timeframe. We will come back with available dates, delivery options and pricing.
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